Improvement in sewing-machine seats



tten-th' atea SARAH A. SEXTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.`

Letters .Patent No. 111,782, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH A. Snxrou, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a-ew and useful Improvement in Sewing-MachineSeat; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled' in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improve-` ment in a seat for sewing-machines, and consists in connecting the same with the machine and in making it adjustable, as hereinafter described.

1n the accompanying drawingv Figure 1 is an end view of a sewingimachine frame or table, with the seat attached thereto according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional top view ot' the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicateeorresponding parts.

A represents the sewing-machine frame.

B is the top, upon which the machine is placed.

Gisthe adjustable seat.

'lhe seat is hinged to the upper end of a central adjusting-screw, D, as seen Ain the drawing, and is made adjustable as to height by turning the seat or screw up or down in the pedestal E in the manner of adjusting a4 piano-stool.

J is a rodwhich is made to slide in the tube Gr, to the end of which the bar F is jointed.

K is a thumb-screw, the screw end of which forms the pivot of the joint. By means of this screw the bar andscat is made to stand at any desired angle with the rod, and by means of the sliding rod the seat may be movedto or from the sewing-machine, and at the same time turned upon its joint entirely under the table or top B, so as to be out of the way when not in use or Ehen it is packed for transportation. By turning up the seat upon its hinge it may be packed in a cabinet sewing-machine.

L is a collar on the rod J, provided with a set-screw, m, by means of which the rod is prevented from being crowded into thetube too far.

N is a hook attached totlie frame, by means of which the seat is supported when the sewing-machineis moved; Bymeans' of its adjustability it may be made to accommodate any operator as to height and position, thus greatly aiding and relieving most deserving class of females.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent- The hinged seat C, screw 1), pedestal E, bar F, collared rod J L, and tnbc G, combined, with a sewingmachine, as and for the purpose described. l

The above specification of my invention signed by me this day of y, 1870.

SARAH A. SEXTON.

Wfitnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. Mosman. 

